I was motivated to write this by the arrival of Olia Hercules’ new book, Kaukasis, which I am fully obsessed with. You can probably guess that it’s about the food of the Caucasus region…
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Hanoi is beautiful, shocking, grimy, chaotic and exhilarating. I fell in love with the place and then had to rip myself away after a mere 24 hours but – surprise surprise – I managed to…
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Let’s get something clear from the very beginning: Borneo (that’s the top bit of Borneo, East Malaysia to be precise, Sarawak to be even more so), is really, really hot. We’re talking 35 degrees,…
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Beirut is a confusing place. It’s also potentially quite dangerous at the moment. Oh and it’s difficult to get around. Also it’s hard to find things. The people speak several languages and use two…
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BREAKFAST | BRUNCH | PASTRIES LEBANON TRAVEL VEGETABLES | FUNGISpinach, Cheese and Sorrel Pastries, and Souk el Tayeb, Beirut
Beirut was quite peaceful when I visited back in April. There was a lingering military presence on the streets but hey, what’s a few machine gun armed soldiers and the odd tank between neighbouring countries? Our…
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Beirut is a city of contrasts, the most striking being that of new wealth against a backdrop of quite obviously recent civil war. People parade barely healed plastic surgery around bullet pucked buidings. I…